2 Samuel 13:12
10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
- KJV
- And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
- WEB
- She answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me! For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don’t you do this folly!
- ASV
- And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
- DARBY
- And she said to him, No, my brother, do not humble me; for no such thing is done in Israel: do not this infamy.
- BLB
- And she answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me, for such should not be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing.
- ÅB
- Men hun sa til ham: Nei, min bror, krenk meg ikke! Slikt må ikke gjøres i Israel; Gjør ikke noe så skammelig!
- OTB
- Men hun svarte ham: "Nei, min bror! Ikke krenk meg, for en slik ting gjøres ikke i Israel; gjør ikke denne skammelige synden!
- B1930
- Men hun sa til ham: Nei, min bror, krenk mig ikke! Slikt må ikke gjøres i Israel; Gjør ikke noget så skammelig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 20:17
And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
Read in contextJudges 20:6
And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
Read in contextJudges 19:23
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
Read in contextGenesis 34:7
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
Read in contextLeviticus 18:11
The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Read in contextLeviticus 18:9
The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
Read in contextProverbs 5:22–23
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Read in contextProverbs 7:7
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
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